Joseph D. Sayers
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Joseph Draper Sayers (September 23, 1841 — May 15, 1929) was Governor of Texas from 1899 to 1903. During Sayers's term, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 demolished that city.
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- Joseph Draper Sayers from the Handbook of Texas Online
Preceded by Reinhard Hillebrand |
Texas Senate, District 26 1873–1874 |
Succeeded by William Hamilton Ledbetter |
Preceded by Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr. |
Lieutenant Governor of Texas 1879–1881 |
Succeeded by Leonidas Jefferson Storey |
Preceded by John Hancock |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 10th congressional district 1885–1893 |
Succeeded by Walter Gresham |
Preceded by Edwin Le Roy Anthony |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 9th congressional district 1893–1899 |
Succeeded by Albert S. Burleson |
Preceded by Charles A. Culberson |
Governor of Texas 1899–1903 |
Succeeded by S.W.T. Lanham |
Governors of Texas | ![]() |
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J.P. Henderson • Wood • Bell • J.W. Henderson • Pease • Runnels • Houston • Clark • Lubbock • Murrah • Stockdale • Hamilton • Throckmorton • Pease • Davis • Coke • Hubbard • Roberts • Ireland • Ross • Hogg • Culberson • Sayers • Lanham • Campbell • Colquitt • J. Ferguson • Hobby • Neff • M. Ferguson • Moody • Sterling • M. Ferguson • Allred • O'Daniel • Stevenson • Jester • Shivers • Daniel • Connally • Smith • Briscoe • Clements • White • Clements • Richards • Bush • Perry |
Lieutenant Governors of Texas | ![]() |
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Horton • Greer • Henderson • Dickson • Runnels • Lubbock • Clark • Crockett • Stockdale • Jones • J.W. Flanagan • Campbell • D.W. Flanagan • Fountain • Pickett • Hubbard • Sayers • Storey • Martin • Gibbs • Wheeler • Pendleton • Crane • Jester • Browning • Neal • A.B. Davidson • Mayes • Hobby, Sr. • Johnson • L. Davidson • T.W. Davidson • Miller • Witt • Woodul • Stevenson • J.L. Smith • Shivers • Ramsey • P. Smith • Barnes • Hobby, Jr. • Bullock • Perry • Ratliff • Dewhurst |